1. India’s external debt has cross half trillion dollar mark in December 2017, more than half the amount is coming up for repayment according to Economic Times.

The external debt increased from $224 billion in March 2009 to $446 billion in March 2014 and now $514 billion in December 2017.

The external debt is the amount of money Indians have to repay in US dollars and other foreign currencies.

In messages circulated by BJP internet army, RBI’s $400 billion forex reserves are shown as Modi’s achievement. But, this is just 79.7% of the total external debt with 53% of debt coming up for maturity in the next one year. That is, the forex reserves are just borrowed money parked by RBI in US dollars.

India has slipped to the hundredth place in the Global Hunger Index of 2017, and in this case, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and many African countries have a better performance than India, while we were at 97th in 2016.

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India’s case – Failed Democracy with Toxic Personality including that Narcissistic and Egoistic side along with Crab Mentality also called as Tall Poppy Syndrome (Females sad with rapes and what not-catching up fast to global ranking of 3rd which belongs to Sweden for rapes while it will beat US too which is 1st. It did beat China for pollution as it caught up fast via air, water and land pollution where land pollution is all over the nation which is same as the water 1-mixture of garbage and plastics as well as food of humans when on trains and other vehicles where rubbish is thrown all over the nation and which many times gets mixed with animal and human faeces. Once upon a time, many rivers of India were the pride of Indian royalty while today many of those ones are dirty, filthy and polluted just like many others within the nation). How? Check out the following sources where need to read from Global Perspectives. The sources are mostly from Indian Authors, Experts, Researchers, etc, let alone foreign ones via Text, Media, Pics, Books, Research Papers and articles, etc from Google, Amazon India, Indian Media and so on (even various Social Media would share them too)

Reality of India is way off which New India needs to improve loads on. India’s case – Failed Democracy with Toxic Personality including that Narcissistic and Egoistic side along with Crab Mentality also called as Tall Poppy Syndrome (Females sad with rapes and what not-catching up fast to global ranking of 3rd which belongs to Sweden for rapes while it will beat US too which is 1st. It did beat China for pollution as it caught up fast via air, water and land pollution where land pollution is all over the nation which is same as the water 1-mixture of garbage and plastics as well as food of humans when on trains and other vehicles where rubbish is thrown all over the nation and which many times gets mixed with animal and human faeces. Once upon a time, many rivers of India were the pride of Indian royalty while today many of those ones are dirty, filthy and polluted just like many others within the nation). How? Check out the following sources where need to read from Global Perspectives. The sources are mostly from Indian Authors, Experts, Researchers, etc, let alone foreign ones via Text, Media, Pics, Books, Research Papers and articles, etc from Google, Amazon India, Indian Media and so on (even various Social Media would share them too).

How do you all feel about each other? Be honest in your own mind. crab mentality (also called as tall poppy syndrome) still on – that includes the materialistic world or narcissism or egoism, etc? SADDENING to see that right around the world especially in countries like India, Philippines, etc where it is loads more? BUT do we need to be like that or can we better? (have a look at the world’s oldest family businesses where most would be from Japan because the crab mentality issues would exist in nations like USA, India [which includes Ambani brothers and many more], Germany [Adidas and Puma and many more] and so on – https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/how-worlds-oldest-family-businesses-have-survived-for-centuries/story/264445.html – article showing it is Japan and some of those lists can be seen under http://www.griequity.com/resources/industryandissues/familybusiness/oldestinworld.html).
If we look at economic and human development under most lists, it won’t go to the US nor to the UK but to Nordic Region of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.
Taking Kerala, it has bit of human development which it even had before independence but still has more work to do to even compare itself a lot to the world’s best (but, yes, better than most states of India). Economic development still has a lot more like most states of India. Same stuff can be said of couple of other states of India – developed in few areas but long way off the best.

Because of that mentality, india has a whole lot of issues:
1) (This is 1 of the Articles that came up few days ago – http://www.sify.com/news/is-an-independent-india-doomed-to-be-a-divided-india-news-columns-sdwsSXcifibje.html related to 1st point) India’s Corruption along with other issues like Poverty and Bad Policies are the Reasons why Migration have happened. And India’s Corruption for Modern India started way before Independence which is why Mahatma Gandhi wanted to discontinue Congress Party in 1934 and start a new party for the nation and because that didn’t happen, he Left the Party as a Leader then (couple of books and articles show that) – because of the Corruption happening within the Congress Party. 1939 he again asked Subash Chandra Bose to clean up the Corruption mess and in 1947/48, he again wanted to discontinue the Congress Party and start a new party due to Corruption happening within Congress (but that didn’t happen). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_India
will show the different types of corruption in India where on the right side, you will see, corruption by country though if scroll down that page, you will come across the ‘List of Scandals in India’ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_in_India
starting in 1947 with the INA Treasure Chest Disappearance.https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/indian-government-poverty-china-us-modi
is an article that came just yesterday-“WHAT KEEPS INDIA IN A STATE OF POVERTY? THE ANSWER IS, THE STATE ” is the article title (The answer is in India’s Crab Mentality, corrupted ways and old mindset that isn’t changing to accept and rectify things)

India – Corruption Perception Index 81st
Crony Capitalism Index 9th
Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 132nd out of 152 countries (India 2nd most unequal region in the world after the Middle East, according to the World Inequality Report 2018; “Is India’s middle class actually poor?” article by Soutwik Biswas – India’s middle-class of around 600 million is not the international definition of middle class as mentioned by the Indian Economists who wrote the Paper as this would be India’s definition of middle class in accordance to Indian people’s aspirations too as stated by those economists in the article where they also stated (i) that the international definition of middle class would be around 2% from India and (ii) that most of these middle class people according to the Indian definition are close to vulnerability to falling back to less than international poverty line of $1.90 per day;India 2nd most unequal region in the world after the Middle East, according to the World Inequality Report 2018; India 2nd most unequal nation in the world after Russia, according to Global Wealth Report 2016; India one of the most highly unequal nations in the world according to New World Wealth Report 2016; 6th wealthiest country according to New World Wealth Report 2018; India’s richest 1% garnered as much as 73% of the total wealth generated in the country while world’s richest 1% own 82% of world’s wealth in 2017 according to Oxfam; According to World Bank in 2016, India was 133rd ($1741) while according to United Nations in 2016, India was 144th ($1706) for per capita income nominal GDP; According to IMF in 2017, India was 122nd ($7174) for per capita income PPP GDP while according to World Bank in 2016, India was 113th ($6572); India accounted for the largest number of people living below international poverty line of $1.90 a day – 224 million according to World Bank 2016; According to the World Bank’s international poverty lines set in October-November 2017 of $5.50 per day for upper middle-income countries and $3.20 per day for lower middle-income countries, India had 1.1 billion people while China had 661 million people for the former (up to $5.50 per day) and for the latter (up to $3.2o per day), India had 763 million people while China had 316 million people. India also had 268 million people below poverty line of $1.90 a day at that time while China had 106 million people; According to the Economist in 2018, the top 1% of India are making at least $20,000 a year while the next 9%, are similar to central Europe, which is in the middle of the global wealth economies, while, the next 40% of India’s population neatly mirrors its combined South Asian poor neighbours, Bangladesh and Pakistan and then, the last 500 million of Indians are on a par with the poorest people of Africa; “Everyone in India thinks they are ‘middle class’ and almost no one actually is” by Scroll India – According to the Pew Research Study in 2015, just around 2% of the Indians is actually middle class according to the international definition)

3) https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/10155198641856479 may bring about controversies but take the case of Higher Education Rankings on a Global Scale, India sadly doesn’t do well compared to Asian and Global Peers including Australia. 1 of Australia’s Biggest Exports like the US, UK, Canada, Singapore and so on – Higher Educational Institutions. Australia has about 5 universities within the World’s Top 50-60, 7 universities within the Top 100, 10 universities within the Top 200-250 (US of course is in a league of its own when it comes to Higher Educational Institutions followed by UK though both are slowly being challenged a bit by Australia, Canada, Germany, China including HK, Singapore, South Korea. Japan) while India doesn’t even compete with Asia counterparts and that is because of its FAILURE WITH RESEARCH which includes IITs, IIMs, ISB, etc (US and China would lead there though US would be the leader with Better Quality Research).

https://worldtop20.org/
is the site that shows the Top 20 Educational Systems around the World (US is falling slowly while the best are mostly from Europe and Asia. India and Australia aren’t there though Australia maybe ahead slightly due to India having Illiteracy Issues + also many failing with literacy and numerical tests – https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/03/14/even-indias-richest-states-fail-to-give-students-more-than-basic-literacy
is 1 of those articles though there have been couple showing the failure rates for literacy and numerical tests for various standards from India).
Illiteracy Rate 1st (UNESCO) (around 25 to 27% = around 344 Million illiterate Indians out of the roughly 1 billion illiterate people worldwide = around 35% of world’s illiterate)

India’s ranking on a world scale
Global Competitiveness Index 40th
Population 2nd
Population Density 32nd
Sustainable Development Goal Index 116th
Global Innovation Index 60th
Global Creativity Index 99th
Intellectual Property Index 44th
Global Talent Competitiveness Index 81st, IMD World Talent Ranking 51st out of 63 countries (Educational System not within the Top 20 in the world by World Top 20 Project and in mess and Global University Rankings from India not good as behind peers from Asia and global counterparts) (Many of India’s best including the CEOs of Pepsi, Google, MS and others got their highest qualifications and/or professional certifications and/or work experience from foreign nations + those CEOs are Foreigners mostly especially ones of Pepsi, Google and MS as OCI or Overseas Citizenship of India is just Life-long Indian Permanent Residency as can see under Indian Governmental Website where INDIA DOES NOT ALLOW DUAL CITIZENSHIP)
Human Development Index 131st (May get updated soon) (Gender Inequality Index 131st)
Youth Development Index 133rd
WEF’s Global Human Capital Index 103rd

Infrastructure-India is still trying to fix it whether it is with Electricity or with Transportation side. Electricity-not all have it + crazy power cuts and voltage fluctuations. Transportation modes – animals to steam engines to various but still where are the footpaths and bicycle paths? Hardly any around the nation. Plus when will citizens from top to bottom obey laws? Driving on wrong sides of roads, vehicles zooming ahead instead of stopping at pedestrian crossing and so on.
Previous Industrial Revolutions-1 and 2 as well as Platforms (PaaS)(not just apps or SaaS of Digital World via 3rd Industrial Revolution)are needed for Industrial Revolution 4 Tech.
India is playing catch up with both Digital as well as Industrial Revolution 4 Tech (Plus India is more of a Copycat rather than an Innovator, especially Global Disruptive Innovator).
With Startup, this is India’s scenario within Asia, where it is doing just ok – https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/03/16/india-8th-most-startup-friendly-country-in-asia-behind-china-and-even-malaysia/
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4) Another area that Australia exports is Tourism where Australia’s ranked 7th in 2016 and 2017 under Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (China was 17th in 2016 and 15th in 2017). India came to 40th in 2017. India and China of course have much better history/heritage but India is way behind due to safety (terrorism, homicides, rapes where if remember right, India is catching up to Sweden in 3rd place for rapes and so on), pollution (sadly, even Kerala is not that clean though good to see Kerala’s Tourism rising as well as the state utilising the talents of transsexuals and so on) and maintenance including infrastructure (maintenance includes monuments, buildings and even data records including sculptures and art not being properly maintained at museums where data records including description would be missing at museums or sculptures or art would be badly maintained including being broken many times).

Australia’s history/heritage sucks as it has hardly any except having the World’s Oldest Civilisation of 75000+ (Aborogines) and few other things including Dingoes coming to Australia (most likely due to the Indian migration) 4000 years back. What Australia does well under Best Countries Ranking by US News in partnership with Y&R, BAV and the Wharton School – ranked 7th (Adventure 11th, Citizenship 8th, Cultural Influence 9th, Heritage 28th, Entrepreneurship 13th, Movers 22nd, Open for Business 14th, Power 16th, Quality of Life 5th, Education 6th, Green Living 8th, Raising Kids 9th, Women 8th, Comfortable Retirement 2nd, Headquarter a Corporation 4th, Investing in 6th, Starting a Business 15th, Study Abroad or Study in Australia 32nd, Travel Alone (in Australia) 4th, Most Forward-Looking Countries 8th, Most Influential Countries 17th, Most Transparent Countries 12th).

As most know, Australia has the World’s Best Fireworks during New Years (yearly). Apart from that, Australia has many events around the nation on a yearly basis as well as others that happen once or every few years or so. 1 of those is the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras while another is Vivid Sydney (where lights, music, art, technology and innovation meet where objects like buildings or Opera House or Harbour Bridge and so on are used). These are just few examples of how Australia gets millions of visitors each year just for events where it makes uses of the talents of everyone whether heterosexuals. homosexuals, transsexuals, etc along with tech and so on which is why Australia has been the MOST CREATIVE NATION under Global Creativity Index even though it ranks 23rd in the world for Innovations.

Then, of course natural beauty including some of the world’s best beaches as well as so many more water activities PLUS Australia doing well with Cultural Aspect via Food, Fashion, Living Standards, Music, Sports, etc.

6) Couple of the books related to all these issues which can be found under Amazon India are The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India; Do We Care: India’s Health System; India Dissents: 3,000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument; The Broken Ladder: The Paradox and the Potential of India’s One Billion; Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste; Maid in India: Stories of Inequality and Opportunity Inside Our Homes; The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis; Who me, Poor?: How India’s youth are living in urban poverty to make it big; Why India is not a great power (yet) and many many more especially in the last 3 to 5 years which includes Ruchir Sharma’s book(s) related to Emerging Countries including India.

Gender Inequality is an issue in India besides many others. DIVISION STILL RULES INDIA which can read via Global Rankings, Books, Articles, Research, etc by Indian Authors, Experts, Researchers, etc. WHOLE LOT OF STUFF THAT NEEDS FIXING including INDIA’S GENDER INEQUALITY, RAPES (India is catching up fast to Sweden ranked 3rd while US is the leader for it), etc.

INEQUALITY ISSUES are high in INDIA not just INCOME and WEALTH basis but also GENDER basis (and sad to see INDIA NOT AS A SAFE NATION-amongst WORLD LEADERS for RAPES, MURDERS, TERRORISM TO HAPPEN, etc – amongst WORLD’S UNSAFEST NATIONS FOR FEMALES especially).

GENDER EQUALITY is 1 AREA WHICH NEEDS TO BE FIXED in INDIA because there are other issues against Females in India where INDIA IS RANKED BADLY FOR GENDER EQUALITY. Yes, some of the Western Nations are ranked badly too for Gender Equality and few of those factors why Gender Issues happen though those nations won’t rank for all the factors that India does badly in + also, there are Western Nations that do well in all those factors and in GENDER GAP/EQUALITY WORLD RANKINGS.

Now, coming back to Work/Business (including Entrepreneurial) Side-If we look at BREADWINNERS of EARLY HUMANS, it used to be the ladies via GATHERERS as HUNTERS (usually the males) didn’t have a great time at getting food and so on (which includes clothes). FUTURE BREADWINNERS are FEMALES, NOT MALES as MASS AUTOMATION via PLATFORMS (PaaS) and not just SaaS of Apps where Big Data, Big Data Analytics of 3rd Industrial Revolution as well as 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies of Blockchain, 3D and 4D Printing, Robotics including AI and 12 Other Major Tech and many other Minor ones which have integrated in their various ways in ALL INDUSTRIES GLOBALLY – THEY MADE SURE TO THAT. Big Data, Big Data Analytics and so on – the various technologies require NOT JUST SCIENCE SKILLS but also HUMANITIES SKILLS including ARTS and MANAGEMENT which including RELATIONSHIP BUILDING with Partners, Suppliers, Clients and Customers including Rivals…..FEMALES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BETTER AT CARING/EMPATHY SIDE (couple of exceptions are there but generally that is the case which can be read from various books and articles or even via just this article – https://smallbusinessbc.ca/blog/how-women-network-differently-men/) – MANY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING JOBS NOT EASILY AUTOMATED COMPARED TO CREATIVE, ANALYTICAL, LABOUR ONES, etc including STRATEGIC DECISIONS though automation already exists for all through parts (MANY OF THE LABOUR AND ANALYTICAL ONES – REPETITIVE-1ST TO GO).

21st Century, the way of working is also different as 1 needs skills from Science and Humanities including Arts and Management where 1 WORKS FOR SELF even if working for others. That is why there are tools like LinkedIN, Freelancer, Upwork, Behance (Design), Fiverr (Design/Arts), Expert360 (Consultants), HealthGrades, Practo (Indian Health) and so many more globally and even locally which compare, rank, review professionals like Consultants, Dentists, Doctors, Teachers, Lawyers, Sales Professionals, Real Estate Agents, Designers and so on.

NEED TO MAKE USE OF FEMALES AND ENCOURAGE THEM LOADS as THEY ARE THE FUTURE BREADWINNERS (just like they were in the past). NEED TO GET RID OF NEGATIVE STUFF TOO whether with females or males like Rapes, Murders, Terrorism, Robberies, etc to MAKE SOCIETY SAFER, CLEANER FOR ALL.

Indians can be defensive about all the above things, but no use as India is known to be Reactive and Defensive under the Cross Cultural Management Studies (Various Research Studies) which includes ‘The Lewis Model-Dimensions of Behaviour’ – https://www.crossculture.com/latest-news/the-lewis-model-dimensions-of-behaviour/. Again, as said, I will just stick to Gender Inequality in few areas unless you like me to gift you with a lot of stuff where DIVISION STILL RULES INDIA which can read via Global Rankings, Books, Articles, Research, etc by Indian Authors, Experts, Researchers, etc. WHOLE LOT OF STUFF THAT NEEDS FIXING.